This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first live footage of this animal worldwide,” Kat Bolstad of Auckland University of ...

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Specialized squid tissues contain refractive proteins called reflectins, which help the animal evade detection and offer ...

What is bioluminescence? Bioluminescent organisms produce and radiate light. There are thousands of bioluminescent animals, including species of fishes, squid, shrimps and jellyfish.. The light these ...

“The squid…descended on our camera assuming it was prey, and tried to startle it with is huge bioluminescent headlights,” said Heather Stewart, chief scientist of the team, in the same release.

How bioluminescent bacteria coordinate their behavior to colonize the light organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid—through cellular signaling and cues from the environment—is detailed in new ...

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Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) are known for their bioluminescent glow, which is thought to be used to camouflage them as they attack from the direction of the Sun.

Visit these eight incredible bioluminescent phenomena around the world. ... museum visitors can brush up on squid anatomy and even stick their hands into a glowing squid-y touch pool.